HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Born Aug. 8, 1948, James Green said he was born and raised outside Corpus Christi. But if you ask the state of Texas, they'll tell you they have no record of him being born at all.

"I mean, 'Hey, this is me, all this information is me,'" Green said.

Surrounded by documents from his life and letters exchanged with the Department of State Health Services, Green said this is proof of his effort to finally obtain a birth certificate at 77 years old.

Green said he first learned he didn't have one in his 20's, but always had a social security number and driver license so it never impacted him. That was until he decided to move from North Carolina, back to Texas last year and needed to get a new driver's license.

"I started needing it, I needed a birth certificate be

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